Monument record MDO30374 - Post medieval chalk pits, North Wood, Coombe Keynes

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Summary

A post medieval chalk pit is marked on the OS 1st edition map to the east of North Wood. It is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Two additional pits are visible as cropmarks on photographs taken in 1959, lying immediately to the south.

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A post medieval chalk pits is marked on the OS 1st edition map to the east of North Wood. It is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Two additional pits are visible as cropmarks on photographs taken in 1959, lying immediately to the south. (1-2). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6419-20.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 24-JAN-1959. RAF 58/2687 0015-6.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 83555 85254 (100m by 186m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Coombe Keynes; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2018 4:13PM

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